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How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the development of human speech from animal sounds in The Descent of Man (1871),…

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… human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the …

… he first began to reflect on the transmutation of species. Darwin’s correspondence reveals the scope …

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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation
Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…

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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender
In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…

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… activities for building and maintaining such connections. Darwin's networks extended from his …

… when strong institutional structures were largely absent. Darwin had a small circle of scientific …

… section contains two sets of letters. The first is between Darwin and his friend Kew botanist J. D. …

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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…

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… Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of …

… portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that Darwin undertook throughout his lifetime …

… was jokingly lamenting his role as an intermediary for Darwin and his correspondents from around the …

… of friends and relatives was not a pursuit unique to Darwin (the exchange of photographic images was …

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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…

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… There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1876 on this website. The full texts …

… 24 of the print edition of The correspondence of Charles Darwin , published by Cambridge …

… The year 1876 started out sedately enough with Darwin working on the first draft of his book on the …

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Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church
Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…

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… the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same …

… nineteenth century were different in important ways. Many of Darwin's leading supporters were …

… their religious beliefs with evolutionary theory. Darwin's own writing, both in print and …

… much as possible. A number of correspondents tried to draw Darwin out on his own religious views, …

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Darwin made a famous comment about parallels between changes in language and species change. Gregory Radick, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at Leeds University, talks about the importance of the development of language to Darwin, what…

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There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1878 on this website. The full texts of the letters are not yet available online but are in volume 26 of the print edition of The correspondence of Charles Darwin, published by Cambridge…

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… There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1878 on this website. The full texts …

… 26 of the print edition of The correspondence of Charles Darwin , published by Cambridge …

… lessen injury to leaves from radiation
In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to …

… in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of experiments to …

… plant laboratories in Europe.
While Francis was away, Darwin delighted in his role as …

… from botanical research was provided by potatoes, as Darwin took up the cause of an Irish …

… would rid Ireland of famine. Several correspondents pressed Darwin for his views on religion, …

… closed with remarkable news of a large legacy bequeathed to Darwin by a stranger as a reward for his …

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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’ Darwin confessed in January1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months. January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…

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… There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from 1875 on this website. The full texts of the …

… 23 of the print edition of The correspondence of Charles Darwin , published by Cambridge …

… Editions
Plants always held an important place in Darwin’s theorising about species, and …

… his periods of severe illness. Yet on 15 January 1875 , Darwin confessed to his close friend …

… way to continuous writing and revision, activities that Darwin found less gratifying: ‘I am slaving …

… bad.’
The process was compounded by the fact that Darwin was also revising another manuscript …

… coloured stamens.’
At intervals during the year, Darwin was diverted from the onerous task of …

… zoologist St George Jackson Mivart. In April and early May, Darwin was occupied with a heated …

… chapter of the controversy involved a slanderous attack upon Darwin’s son George, in an anonymous …

… on 12 January , breaking off all future communication. Darwin had been supported during the affair …

… Society of London, and a secretary of the Linnean Society, Darwin’s friends had to find ways of …

… pp. 16–17). ‘How grandly you have defended me’, Darwin wrote on 6 January , ‘You have also …

… in public. ‘Without cutting him direct’, he advised Darwin on 7 January , ‘I should avoid him, …

… & again’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 January 1875 ). Darwin had also considered taking up …

… , ‘I feel now like a pure forgiving Christian!’
Darwin’s ire was not fully spent, however, …

… in the same Quarterly article that attacked George. Darwin raised the matter at the end of the …

… to rest, another controversy was brewing. In December 1874, Darwin had been asked to sign a memorial …

… Hensleigh and Frances Wedgwood. She had corresponded with Darwin about the evolution of the moral …

… could not sign the paper sent me by Miss Cobbe.’
Darwin found Cobbe’s memorial inflammatory …

… memorial had been read in the House of Lords (see ' Darwin and vivisection ').
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… medical educators, and other interested parties. Darwin was summoned to testify on 3 November. It …

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Disagreement & Respect|Conduct of Debate|Darwin & Wallace
The best-known controversies over Darwinian theory took place in public or in printed reviews. Many of these were highly polemical, presenting an over-simplified picture of the disputes.…

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This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues around the world; letters by the critics who tried to stamp out his ideas, and by admirers who helped them to spread. It takes up the story of…

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… This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific …

… admirers who helped them to spread. It takes up the story of Darwin’s life in 1860, in the immediate …

… of publication of Descent of Man in 1871. In this period Darwin became a public figure, and the …

… increased accordingly. Letters conveyed public reaction to Darwin, as people who were often complete …

… worked up, or their religious doubts and concerns for Darwin’s own soul. Darwin himself used letters …

… world a questionnaire on the expression of the emotions. Darwin also continued to confide in his …

… yet been pointed out to me. No doubt many will be.
Darwin to Huxley, 1860.
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… have been miserably uncomfortable.
Emma to Charles Darwin, 1861.
I am …

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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…

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… 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working …

… dispute over an anonymous review that attacked the work of Darwin’s son George dominated the second …

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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…

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… There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1877 on this website. The full texts …

… 25 of the print edition of The correspondence of Charles Darwin , published by Cambridge …

… Ever since the publication of Expression , Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The …

… of these projects would culminate in a major publication. Darwin’s botany was increasingly a …

… assisted his father’s research on movement and bloom, and Darwin in turn encouraged his son’s own …

… The year 1877 was more than usually full of honours. Darwin received two elaborate photograph albums …

… from Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands. Closer to home, Darwin received an honorary Doctorate of …

… sites for possible earthworm activity. Now in his 69th year, Darwin remained remarkably productive, …

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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…

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… The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now …

… and also a meeting with Herbert Spencer, who was visiting Darwin’s neighbour, Sir John Lubbock. In …

… all but the concluding chapter of the work was submitted by Darwin to his publisher in December. …

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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment
The young Charles Darwin
From an early age, Darwin exhibited a keen interest in the natural world. His boyish fascination with naturalist pursuits deepened as he entered college and started to interact with…

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… Questions | Experiment
The young Charles Darwin
From an early age, Darwin …

… started to interact with fellow natural history enthusiasts. Darwin's correspondence from this …

… Under the mentorship of Robert Grant at Edinburgh, Darwin undertook original research about the …

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On 28 March 1849, ten years before Origin was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend Joseph Hooker from Great Malvern in Worcestershire, where Dr James Manby Gully ran a fashionable water-cure establishment. Darwin apologised for his delayed reply to…

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… March 1849, ten years before Origin was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend Joseph Hooker …

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Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but whether and how they were acknowledged in print involved complex considerations of social standing, professional standing, and personal preference.…